Minnesota Visit

Before my parents left for China, we were able to go to Minnesota for one last party!  It was so fun to play with grandma and grandpa and have the kids play with their cousins!

These two were hilarious together.

 We went to a Twins game and the boys had a great time!

 So handsome.

 Josh was the smartest of the group during the game.

 Then Will followed.

 These two were best buds for the week.

 Dinosaurs at the zoo!

 Feeding the goats!

 We love dinosaurs!

 Me with my grandparents.

 Grandma Ruth with the cute kids.

 Riding a camel at the zoo.

 With Aunt Jenny.

 We love playing with cousins!

 The great grandkids with gma and gpa Stevens.

 With Grandma June.

 Racing at the water park!

 Having fun!

 Zach even liked the water.

 Fun with Uncle Paul on the trampoline.

Can't wait till next time we are all together!

Josh's 3rd Birthday

Josh had his birthday and he was so happy to finally be the birthday boy!  He got a Jake spyglass and head which he LOVES.  The two pictures below are how he looked for most of the day.

 He also got a pirate water table and the boys LOVED it.  Hours have been spent playing with it.

 Josh loves making silly faces.

 Such a sweet guy.  Happy birthday Josh!

Fourth of July

This year for July 4th we went to Silver Dollar City up in Branson.  I was a little hesitant to go because I thought it was going to be jammed packed with people and miserably hot.  While it was pretty hot, there was still plenty of shade and they had fans spraying water at you.  There also was no one there!  I was in shock and we were able to go on a ton of rides!  It was so much fun!

This little guy was happy most of the time just in the stroller.

 See I told you it was hot.

 The little boys in the frogs.

 Zach even tried a ride out.

 Later that night we did fireworks.  We just got a little kid kit with nothing big in it.  Randy and I were so glad we did ours before our neighbors because we didn't realize basically nothing is illegal here in AR and our neighbors were shooting off real fireworks up to the sky.  The boys were amazed with ours, but then saw our neighbors and my favorite line is when Will said to Randy, "Dad, why did we get those big ones?  They are way cooler!"  Next year Will, next year.

Randy reading the instructions...

 Lighting...

 Now run away as fast as you can!

 Throwing the poppers around.

 Our sparklers were more like fire sticks at times and didn't always sparkle.  The boys still liked them.

 This is from my phone at Silver Dollar city.  Will was tall enough to go on a real roller coaster.  Randy and I were hesitant at first because he seems so little, but once Will found out he was tall enough, there was no way we could convince him he might not want to go on it.  Randy ended up taking him and lets just say Will LOVED it and took me on it too!